alternative ballast for ah supply lights?

NFish · 09-30-2003, 05:46 AM

I have a two x 55 watt ah supply kit. The ballast quit. It doesn't work. It's not the bulbs. It's the ballast. I can buy a replacement ballast from www.petsupplyliquidators.com, but I really don't want to spend $25 plus close to $10 more for shipping. Does anyone know if there is a ballast I can buy at someplace like home depot that will work to run two 55 watt PC bulbs? If you do, please tell me the name/model number/brand. Thanks

rdn2 · 09-30-2003, 08:37 AM

I had a pair of 65 watt pc's running on a 4x32t8 electronic ballast. To my eye it looked no dimmer than my JBJ setup. It worked great but my pc bulbs were 10,000k bulbs that came with my JBJ and I had a few zoomed florasun t8's laying around that I prefer the look of, so now I'm running those ODNO instead.

Ron

Rex Grigg · 10-01-2003, 01:14 PM

How long have you had the ballast? If it's still in warranty AH Supply will replace it.

NFish · 10-01-2003, 06:35 PM

They have year warranty. But it's past the year. It makes me kind of mad, b/c they weren't in use for the whole year (maybe 7 months?)

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09-30-2003, 05:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
NFish Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Colorado, USA, North America, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 235	I have a two x 55 watt ah supply kit. The ballast quit. It doesn't work. It's not the bulbs. It's the ballast. I can buy a replacement ballast from www.petsupplyliquidators.com, but I really don't want to spend $25 plus close to $10 more for shipping. Does anyone know if there is a ballast I can buy at someplace like home depot that will work to run two 55 watt PC bulbs? If you do, please tell me the name/model number/brand. Thanks

09-30-2003, 08:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
rdn2 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 68	I had a pair of 65 watt pc's running on a 4x32t8 electronic ballast. To my eye it looked no dimmer than my JBJ setup. It worked great but my pc bulbs were 10,000k bulbs that came with my JBJ and I had a few zoomed florasun t8's laying around that I prefer the look of, so now I'm running those ODNO instead. Ron

10-01-2003, 06:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
NFish Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Colorado, USA, North America, Planet Earth, Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 235	They have year warranty. But it's past the year. It makes me kind of mad, b/c they weren't in use for the whole year (maybe 7 months?)

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